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Norwegian Air calls in Boeing to explain Dreamliner glitches

Norwegian Air has asked to meet with Boeing management in Oslo to discuss problems with its two 787 Dreamliners, according to reports. The Scandinavian low-cost carrier grounded one of the Dreamliners because

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Norwegian Air has asked to meet with Boeing management in Oslo to discuss problems with its two 787 Dreamliners, according to reports.

The Scandinavian low-cost carrier grounded one of the Dreamliners because of problems with oxygen supply to the cockpit, Reuters reports.

A second Dreamliner had a problem with a valve that was fixed after delaying a flight from Oslo to New York on Sunday.

Boeing's Dreamliner has been called a game-changer for the industry because it is 20% more fuel efficient and has 20% fewer emissions than similar planes. The jetliner is made from composites, a first for the industry, and is also the first Boeing plane to use rechargeable lithium ion batteries.

Those batteries were the source of many problems earlier this year after a battery caught fire on an All Nippon Airways flight in January. Other incidents led to the Federal Aviation Administration grounding all Dreamliners for four months.

"We are going to tell them this situation is far from good enough," company spokeswoman Anne-Sissel Skaanvik told Reuters. "We have not had the reliability that we had expected from brand new planes, so something must happen, fast ... Clearly Boeing has not had good enough operative quality control."

"We are in constant contact with our customer Norwegian. We are disappointed to have issues so early in our 787 operations and are working with Norwegian to address them and return each airplane to service in as timely a manner as possible. We regret the disruption caused to our customer and their passengers."